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Yoshimura K, Ishikawa T. Physiological function and regulation of ascorbate peroxidase isoforms. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:2700-2715. [PMID: 38367016 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) reduces H2O2 to H2O by utilizing ascorbate as a specific electron donor and constitutes the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in organelles of plants including chloroplasts, cytosol, mitochondria, and peroxisomes. It has been almost 40 years since APX was discovered as an important plant-specific H2O2-scavenging enzyme, during which time many research groups have conducted molecular physiological analyses. It is now clear that APX isoforms function not only just as antioxidant enzymes but also as important factors in intracellular redox regulation through the metabolism of reactive oxygen species. The function of APX isoforms is regulated at multiple steps, from the transcriptional level to post-translational modifications of enzymes, thereby allowing them to respond flexibly to ever-changing environmental factors and physiological phenomena such as cell growth and signal transduction. In this review, we summarize the physiological functions and regulation mechanisms of expression of each APX isoform.
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- Kazuya Yoshimura
- Department of Food and Nutritional Science, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Academic Assembly, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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Verma SK, Goyary D, Singh AK, Anandhan S, Raina SN, Pandey S, Kumar S, Khare N. Modulation of terpenoid indole alkaloid pathway via elicitation with phytosynthesized silver nanoparticles for the enhancement of ajmalicine, a pharmaceutically important alkaloid. PLANTA 2023; 259:30. [PMID: 38150044 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04311-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION The use of silver nanoparticles as elicitors in cell cultures of Rauwolfia serpentina resulted in increased levels of ajmalicine, upregulated structural and regulatory genes, elevated MDA content, and reduced activity of antioxidant enzymes. These findings hold potential for developing a cost-effective method for commercial ajmalicine production. Plants possess an intrinsic ability to detect various stress signals, prompting the activation of defense mechanisms through the reprogramming of metabolites to counter adverse conditions. The current study aims to propose an optimized bioprocess for enhancing the content of ajmalicine in Rauwolfia serpentina callus through elicitation with phytosynthesized silver nanoparticles. Initially, callus lines exhibiting elevated ajmalicine content were established. Following this, a protocol for the phytosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using seed extract from Rauwolfia serpentina was successfully standardized. The physicochemical attributes of the silver nanoparticles were identified, including their spherical shape, size ranging from 6.7 to 28.8 nm in diameter, and the presence of reducing-capping groups such as amino, carbonyl, and amide. Further, the findings indicated that the presence of 2.5 mg L-1 phytosynthesized silver nanoparticles in the culture medium increased the ajmalicine content. Concurrently, structural genes (TDC, SLS, STR, SGD, G10H) and regulatory gene (ORCA3) associated with the ajmalicine biosynthetic pathway were observed to be upregulated. A notable increase in MDA content and a decrease in the activities of antioxidant enzymes were observed. A notable increase in MDA content and a decrease in the activities of antioxidant enzymes were also observed. Our results strongly recommend the augmentation of ajmalicine content in the callus culture of R. serpentina through supplementation with silver nanoparticles, a potential avenue for developing a cost-effective process for the commercial production of ajmalicine.
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- Sachin Kumar Verma
- Nims Institute of Allied Medical Science and Technology, Nims University Rajasthan, Delhi-Jaipur Highway, NH-11C, Jaipur, 303121, Rajasthan, India
- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Rajgurunagar, Pune, 410505, Maharashtra, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sector 125, Noida, 201313, India
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- School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan, 173229, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007, Maharashtra, India
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- Nims Institute of Allied Medical Science and Technology, Nims University Rajasthan, Delhi-Jaipur Highway, NH-11C, Jaipur, 303121, Rajasthan, India.
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Research progress on maintaining chloroplast homeostasis under stress conditions: a review. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2023; 55:173-182. [PMID: 36840466 PMCID: PMC10157539 DOI: 10.3724/abbs.2023022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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On a global scale, drought, salinity, extreme temperature, and other abiotic stressors severely limit the quality and yield of crops. Therefore, it is crucial to clarify the adaptation strategies of plants to harsh environments. Chloroplasts are important environmental sensors in plant cells. For plants to thrive in different habitats, chloroplast homeostasis must be strictly regulated, which is necessary to maintain efficient plant photosynthesis and other metabolic reactions under stressful environments. To maintain normal chloroplast physiology, two important biological processes are needed: the import and degradation of chloroplast proteins. The orderly import of chloroplast proteins and the timely degradation of damaged chloroplast components play a key role in adapting plants to their environment. In this review, we briefly described the mechanism of chloroplast TOC-TIC protein transport. The importance and recent progress of chloroplast protein turnover, retrograde signaling, and chloroplast protein degradation under stress are summarized. Furthermore, the potential of targeted regulation of chloroplast homeostasis is emphasized to improve plant adaptation to environmental stresses.
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Asad S, Anwar N, Shah M, Anwar Z, Arif M, Rauf M, Ali K, Shah M, Murad W, Albadrani GM, Altyar AE, Abdel-Daim MM. Biological Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Amaryllis vittata (L.) Herit: From Antimicrobial to Biomedical Applications. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:5478. [PMID: 36013613 PMCID: PMC9410328 DOI: 10.3390/ma15165478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The current study sought to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from Amaryllis vittata (L.) leaf and bulb extracts in order to determine their biological significance and use the toxic plants for human health benefits. The formation of silver nanoparticles was detected by a change in color from whitish to brown for bulb-AgNPs and from light green to dark brown for leaf-AgNPs. For the optimization of silver nanoparticles, various experimental physicochemical parameters such as pH, temperature, and salt were determined. UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray dispersion spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersion spectroscopy analysis were used to characterize nanoparticles. Despite the fact that flavonoids in plant extracts were implicated in the reduction and capping procedure, the prepared nanoparticles demonstrated maximum absorbency between 400 and 500 nm. SEM analysis confirmed the preparation of monodispersed spherical crystalline particles with fcc structure. The bioinspired nanoparticles were found to show effective insecticidal activity against Tribolium castaneum and phytotoxic activity against Lemna aequincotialis. In comparison to plant extracts alone, the tested fabricated nanoparticles showed significant potential to scavenge free radicals and relieve pain. Antibacterial testing against human pathogenic strains, i.e., Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aureginosa, and antifungal testing against Aspergillus niger revealed the significant potential for microbe resistance using AgNPs. As a result of the findings, the tested silver nanoparticles demonstrated promising potential for developing new and effective pharmacological and agricultural medications. Furthermore, the effects of biogenic AgNPs on an in vitro culture of Solanum tuberosum L. plants were investigated, and the findings indicated that bulb-AgNPs and leaf-AgNPs produced biomass and induced antioxidants via their active constituents. As a result, bulb-AgNPs and leaf-AgNPs may be recommended for use in Solanum tuberosum L. tissue culture for biomass fabrication and metabolic induction.
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- Sehrish Asad
- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology, NARC, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, P.O. Box 33, Nizwa 616, Oman
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80260, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College, P.O. Box 6231, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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Wang R, Ba Q, Zhang L, Wang W, Zhang P, Li G. Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes provides insights into the mechanisms underlying an S-type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 22:951-964. [PMID: 35678921 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00871-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) has been widely used in crop cross breeding. There has been much research on wheat CMS. However, the correlation between S-type CMS and mitochondrial genome remains elusive. Herein, we sequenced the mitochondrial genome of wheat CMS line and compared it with the maintainer line. The results showed that the mitochondrial genome of CMS line encoded 26 tRNAs, 8 rRNAs, and 35 protein-coding genes, and the cob encoding complex III in which the protein coding gene is mutated. This protein is known to affect reactive oxygen (ROS) production. The analysis of ROS metabolism in developing anthers showed that the deficiency of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes in the sterile system aggravated membrane lipid oxidation, resulting in ROS accumulation, and influencing the anther development. Herein, cob is considered as a candidate causative gene sequence for CMS.
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- Rui Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biology of Anhui Province, School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biology of Anhui Province, School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biology of Anhui Province, School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biology of Anhui Province, School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Xiangyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hubei, 441057, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biology of Anhui Province, School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Kameoka T, Okayasu T, Kikuraku K, Ogawa T, Sawa Y, Yamamoto H, Ishikawa T, Maruta T. Cooperation of chloroplast ascorbate peroxidases and proton gradient regulation 5 is critical for protecting Arabidopsis plants from photo-oxidative stress. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 107:876-892. [PMID: 34028907 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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High-light (HL) stress enhances the production of H2 O2 from the photosynthetic electron transport chain in chloroplasts, potentially causing photo-oxidative damage. Although stromal and thylakoid membrane-bound ascorbate peroxidases (sAPX and tAPX, respectively) are major H2 O2 -scavenging enzymes in chloroplasts, their knockout mutants do not exhibit a visible phenotype under HL stress. Trans-thylakoid proton gradient (∆pH)-dependent mechanisms exist for controlling H2 O2 production from photosynthesis, such as thermal dissipation of light energy and downregulation of electron transfer between photosystems II and I, and these may compensate for the lack of APXs. To test this hypothesis, we focused on a proton gradient regulation 5 (pgr5) mutant, wherein both ∆pH-dependent mechanisms are impaired, and an Arabidopsis sapx tapx double mutant was crossed with the pgr5 single mutant. The sapx tapx pgr5 triple mutant exhibited extreme sensitivity to HL compared with its parental lines. This phenotype was consistent with cellular redox perturbations and enhanced expression of many oxidative stress-responsive genes. These findings demonstrate that the PGR5-dependent mechanisms compensate for chloroplast APXs, and vice versa. An intriguing finding was that the failure of induction of non-photochemical quenching in pgr5 (because of the limitation in ∆pH formation) was partially recovered in sapx tapx pgr5. Further genetic studies suggested that this recovery was dependent on the NADH dehydrogenase-like complex-dependent pathway for cyclic electron flow around photosystem I. Together with data from the sapx tapx npq4 mutant, we discuss the interrelationship between APXs and ∆pH-dependent mechanisms under HL stress.
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- Takashi Kameoka
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Bioresource and Life Sciences, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Bioresource and Life Sciences, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
- Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Academic Assembly, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Bioresource and Life Sciences, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
- Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Academic Assembly, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
- Bioresource and Life Sciences, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
- Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Academic Assembly, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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Hussain F, Hadi F, Rongliang Q. Effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on antioxidants, chlorophyll contents, and proline in Persicaria hydropiper L. and its potential for Pb phytoremediation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:34697-34713. [PMID: 33655481 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13132-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Applications of nanoparticles and plants for efficient restoration of heavy metal-polluted water and soil are an emerging approach and need to be explored. Hydroponic study was performed to find the role of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) in plant growth, antioxidative response, and lead (Pb) accumulation in Persicaria hydropiper. Seedlings were grown in Pb-polluted media amended with 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg L-1 ZnO NPs. Inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP) was used for Pb analysis in plant tissues. Pb significantly inhibited seedling growth, and ZnO NPs alleviated Pb-induced stress by promoting plant growth, and improved chlorophyll and carotenoid contents. Oxidative stress ameliorated in ZnO NPs exposed seedlings through enhanced production of free proline, phenolics, flavonoids, and activation of antioxidative enzymes. Pb accumulation boosted in ZnO NP treatments, and highly significant increase in Pb accumulation in roots (255.60±4.80 mg kg-1), stem (124.07±2.84 mg kg-1), and leaves (92.00±3.22 mg kg-1) was observed in T3 (15 mg L-1 ZnO NPs) for P. hydropiper. Contrarily, ZnO NPs at 20 mg L-1 dose suppressed plant growth, Pb accumulation, secondary metabolites, and antioxidative enzyme activities. Moreover, positive correlation was found in Pb accumulation with free proline and secondary metabolite contents in plant tissues. These results suggest that ZnO NPs at optimum concentration may augment efficacy of plants to remove heavy metal from polluted water through nanophytoremediation.
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- Fazal Hussain
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Malakand, KP, Chakdara, 18800, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Malakand, KP, Chakdara, 18800, Pakistan.
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Feasible production of biomass and natural antioxidants through callus cultures in response to varying light intensities in olive (Olea europaea. L) cult. Arbosana. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2019; 193:140-147. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ali A, Mohammad S, Khan MA, Raja NI, Arif M, Kamil A, Mashwani ZUR. Silver nanoparticles elicited in vitro callus cultures for accumulation of biomass and secondary metabolites in Caralluma tuberculata. ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 47:715-724. [DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2019.1577884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Amir Ali
- Department of Botany, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, Pakistan
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Impacts of hormonal elicitors and photoperiod regimes on elicitation of bioactive secondary volatiles in cell cultures of Ajuga bracteosa. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2018; 183:242-250. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Liu Z, Shi X, Li S, Zhang L, Song X. Oxidative Stress and Aberrant Programmed Cell Death Are Associated With Pollen Abortion in Isonuclear Alloplasmic Male-Sterile Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:595. [PMID: 29780399 PMCID: PMC5945952 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cytoplasmic male sterility is crucial for the utilization of hybrid heterosis and it possibly occurs in parallel with tapetal programmed cell death (PCD) and oxidative metabolism responses. However, little is known about the mechanisms that underlie pollen abortion in wheat. Therefore, we obtained two isonuclear alloplasmic male sterile lines (IAMSLs) with Aegilops kotschyi and Ae. juvenalis cytoplasm. Compared with the maintainer line, cytochemical analyses of the anthers demonstrated that the IAMSLs exhibited anomalous tapetal PCD and organelles, with premature PCD in K87B1-706A and delayed PCD in Ju87B1-706A. We also found that the dynamic trends in reactive oxygen species (ROS) were consistent in these two IAMSLs during anther development and they were potentially associated with the initiation of tapetal PCD. In addition, the activities of ROS-scavenging enzymes increased rapidly, whereas non-enzymatic antioxidants were downregulated together with excess ROS production in IAMSLs. Real-time PCR analysis showed that the expression levels of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase genes, which encode important antioxidant enzymes, were significantly upregulated during early pollen development. Thus, we inferred that excessive ROS and the abnormal transcript levels of antioxidant enzyme genes disrupted the balance of the antioxidant system and the presence of excess ROS may have been related to aberrant tapetal PCD progression, thereby affecting the development of microspores and ultimately causing male sterility. These relationships between the mechanism of PCD and ROS metabolism provide new insights into the mechanisms responsible for abortive pollen in wheat.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Pokora W, Aksmann A, Baścik-Remisiewicz A, Dettlaff-Pokora A, Rykaczewski M, Gappa M, Tukaj Z. Changes in nitric oxide/hydrogen peroxide content and cell cycle progression: Study with synchronized cultures of green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 208:84-93. [PMID: 27894022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2016.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The present study aimed to evaluate the possible relationship between the changes in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO) content and the course of growth and reproductive processes of the cell cycle of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The peak of H2O2 observed at the beginning of the cell cycle was found to originate from Fe-SOD and Mn-SODchl. activity and result from the alternation in the photosynthetic processes caused by the dark-to-light transition of daughter cells. A rapid increase in NO concentration, observed before the light-to-dark cell transition, originated from NR and NIR activity and was followed by a photosynthesis-independent, Mn-SODchl.-mediated increases in H2O2 production. This H2O2 peak overlapped the beginning of Chlamydomonas cell division, which was indicated by a profile of CYCs and CDKs characteristic of cells' passage through the G1/S and S/M checkpoints. Taken together, our results show that there is a clear relationship between the course of the Chlamydomonas cell cycle and typical changes in the H2O2/NO ratio, as well as changes in expression and activity of enzymes involved in generation and scavenging of these signaling molecules.
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- Wojciech Pokora
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Yousuf PY, Ahmad A, Aref IM, Ozturk M, Ganie AH, Iqbal M. Salt-stress-responsive chloroplast proteins in Brassica juncea genotypes with contrasting salt tolerance and their quantitative PCR analysis. PROTOPLASMA 2016; 253:1565-1575. [PMID: 26638208 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0917-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Brassica juncea is mainly cultivated in the arid and semi-arid regions of India where its production is significantly affected by soil salinity. Adequate knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the salt tolerance at sub-cellular levels must aid in developing the salt-tolerant plants. A proper functioning of chloroplasts under salinity conditions is highly desirable to maintain crop productivity. The adaptive molecular mechanisms offered by plants at the chloroplast level to cope with salinity stress must be a prime target in developing the salt-tolerant plants. In the present study, we have analyzed differential expression of chloroplast proteins in two Brassica juncea genotypes, Pusa Agrani (salt-sensitive) and CS-54 (salt-tolerant), under the effect of sodium chloride. The chloroplast proteins were isolated and resolved using 2DE, which facilitated identification and quantification of 12 proteins that differed in expression in the salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive genotypes. The identified proteins were related to a variety of chloroplast-associated molecular processes, including oxygen-evolving process, PS I and PS II functioning, Calvin cycle and redox homeostasis. Expression analysis of genes encoding differentially expressed proteins through real time PCR supported our findings with proteomic analysis. The study indicates that modulating the expression of chloroplast proteins associated with stabilization of photosystems and oxidative defence plays imperative roles in adaptation to salt stress.
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- Peerzada Yasir Yousuf
- Department of Botany, Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agricultural Science, King Saud University, Post Box 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Ege University, Izmir, 350000, Turkey
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- Department of Botany, Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Department of Botany, Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India.
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Maruta T, Sawa Y, Shigeoka S, Ishikawa T. Diversity and Evolution of Ascorbate Peroxidase Functions in Chloroplasts: More Than Just a Classical Antioxidant Enzyme? PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:1377-1386. [PMID: 26738546 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have dual functions in plant cells as cytotoxic molecules and emergency signals. The balance between the production and scavenging of these molecules in chloroplasts, major sites for the production of ROS, is one of the key determinants for plant acclimation to stress conditions. The water-water cycle is a crucial regulator of ROS levels in chloroplasts. In this cycle, the stromal and thylakoid membrane-attached isoforms of ascorbate peroxidase (sAPX and tAPX, respectively) are involved in the metabolism of H2O2 Current genome and phylogenetic analyses suggest that the first monofunctional APX was generated as sAPX in unicellular green algae, and that tAPX occurred in multicellular charophytes during plant evolution. Chloroplastic APXs, especially tAPX, have been considered to be the source of a bottleneck in the water-water cycle, at least in higher plants, because of their high susceptibility to H2O2 A number of studies have succeeded in improving plant stress resistance by reinforcing the fragile characteristics of the enzymes. However, researchers have unexpectedly failed to find a 'stress-sensitive phenotype' among loss-of-function mutants, at least in laboratory conditions. Interestingly, the susceptibility of enzymes to H2O2 may have been acquired during plant evolution, thereby allowing for the flexible use of H2O2 as a signaling molecule in plants, and this is supported by growing lines of evidence for the physiological significance of chloroplastic H2O2 as a retrograde signal in plant stress responses. By overviewing historical, biochemical, physiological and genetic studies, we herein discuss the diverse functions of chloroplastic APXs as antioxidant enzymes and signaling modulators.
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- Takanori Maruta
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504 Japan
- T.M. currently holds an additional post at the Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB/Ghent University (Technologiepark 927, 9052 Ghent, Belgium)
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504 Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504 Japan
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Kesba HH, El-Beltagi HS. Biochemical changes in grape rootstocks resulted from humic acid treatments in relation to nematode infection. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 2:287-93. [PMID: 23569915 DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(12)60024-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of humic acid on nematode infected, resistant and susceptible grapes in relation to lipid peroxidation and antioxidant mechanisms on selected biochemical parameters known as proactive substances. METHODS The grape rootstocks, superior, superior/freedom and freedom were reacted differently to Meloidogyne incognita and Rotylenchulus reniformis according to rootstock progenitor. Two weeks after inoculation, two commercial products of humic acid were applied at the rate of (2, 4 mL or grams/plant) as soil drench. After 4 months, nematode soil populations were extracted and counted. A subsample of roots from each plant was stained and gall numbers, embedded stages per root were calculated, final population, nematode build up (Pf/Pi), average of eggs/eggmass were estimated. Subsamples of fresh root of each treatment were chemically analyzed. RESULTS Freedom reduced significantly the nematode criteria and build up. Humic acid granules appeared to be more suppressive to nematode build up on superior and the higher dose on superior/freedom than liquid treatments. On freedom, all treatments reduced significantly the nematode build up regardless to the material nature. The higher dose was more effective than the lower one. As a result of humic acid applications, the malondialdehyde (MDA) and H2O2 contents were significantly reduced after humic acid treatments while the antioxidant compounds glutathione (GSH), ascorbic acid (ASA) and total phenol contents were significantly increased when compared with check. Antioxidant defense enzymes ascorbate peroxidase (APX), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO)showed significant increase in their specific activities in treated plants compared with nematode treated check. CONCLUSIONS Humic acid treatments improve the yield of grape by increasing the contents of antioxidant compounds and the specific activities of antioxidant enzymes.
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- Hosny H Kesba
- Zoology and Agricultural Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt 12613
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Sejima T, Takagi D, Fukayama H, Makino A, Miyake C. Repetitive short-pulse light mainly inactivates photosystem I in sunflower leaves. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 55:1184-93. [PMID: 24793753 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Under field conditions, the leaves of plants are exposed to fluctuating light, as observed in sunfleck. The duration and frequency of sunfleck, which is caused by the canopy being blown by the wind, are in the ranges from 0.2 to 50 s, and from 0.004 to 1 Hz, respectively. Furthermore, >60% of the sunfleck duration ranges from 0.2 to 0.8 s. In the present research, we analyzed the effects of repetitive illumination by short-pulse (SP) light of sunflower leaves on the photosynthetic electron flow. The duration of SP light was set in the range from 10 to 300 ms. We found that repetitive illumination with SP light did not induce the oxidation of P700 in PSI, and mainly inactivated PSI. Increases in the intensity, duration and frequency of SP light enhanced PSI photoinhibition. PSI photoinhibition required the presence of O2. The inactivation of PSI suppressed the net CO2 assimilation. On the other hand, the increase in the oxidized state of P700 suppressed PSI inactivation. That is, PSI with a reduced reaction center would produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) by SP light, leading to PSI photodamage. This mechanism probably explains the PSI photodamage induced by constant light.
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- Takehiro Sejima
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- Department of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555 JapanCREST, JST, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0076 Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 JapanCREST, JST, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0076 Japan
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Wang L, Liang W, Xing J, Tan F, Chen Y, Huang L, Cheng CL, Chen W. Dynamics of Chloroplast Proteome in Salt-Stressed Mangrove Kandelia candel (L.) Druce. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5124-36. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4006469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lingxia Wang
- Key
Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple
Utilization of Corps, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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- School
of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Helanshan Road No. 489, Xixia District, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple
Utilization of Corps, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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- Fujian Academy of Forestry, Shangchiqiao Road No. 35, Xindian, Fuzhou 350012, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple
Utilization of Corps, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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- Fujian Academy of Forestry, Shangchiqiao Road No. 35, Xindian, Fuzhou 350012, P. R. China
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- Department
of Biology, The University of Iowa, 210 Biology Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Key
Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple
Utilization of Corps, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Road No. 15, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
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Piper nigrum: micropropagation, antioxidative enzyme activities, and chromatographic fingerprint analysis for quality control. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 169:2004-15. [PMID: 23354497 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0104-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A reliable in vitro regeneration system for the economical and medicinally important Piper nigrum L. has been established. Callus and shoot regeneration was encouraged from leaf portions on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium augmented with varied concentrations of plant growth regulators. A higher callus production (90 %) was observed in explants incubated on MS medium incorporated with 1.0 mg L(-1) 6-benzyladenine (BA) along with 0.5 mg L(-1) gibberellic acid after 4 weeks of culture. Moreover, a callogenic response of 85 % was also recorded for 1.0 mg L(-1) BA in combination with 0.25 mg L(-1) α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and 0.25 mg L(-1) 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid or 0.5 mg L(-1) indole butyric acid (IBA) along with 0.25 mg L(-1) NAA and indole acetic acid. Subsequent sub-culturing of callus after 4 weeks of culture onto MS medium supplemented with 1.5 mg L(-1) thiodiazoran or 1.5 mg L(-1) IBA induced 100 % shoot response. Rooted plantlets were achieved on medium containing varied concentrations of auxins. The antioxidative enzyme activities [superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX)] revealed that significantly higher SOD was observed in regenerated plantlets than in other tissues. However, POD, CAT, and APX were higher in callus than in other tissues. A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint analysis protocol was established for quality control in different in vitro-regenerated tissues of P. nigrum L. During analysis, most of the common peaks represent the active principle "piperine." The chemical contents, especially piperine, showed variation from callus culture to whole plantlet regeneration. Based on the deviation in chromatographic peaks, the in vitro-regenerated plantlets exhibit a nearly similar piperine profile to acclimated plantlets. The in vitro regeneration system and HPLC fingerprint analysis established here brought a novel approach to the quality control of in vitro plantlets, producing metabolites of interest with substantial applications for the conservation of germplasm.
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Systemic Photooxidative Stress Signalling. LONG-DISTANCE SYSTEMIC SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATION IN PLANTS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36470-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mano J. Reactive carbonyl species: their production from lipid peroxides, action in environmental stress, and the detoxification mechanism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 59:90-7. [PMID: 22578669 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Accumulation of lipid peroxide-derived aldehydes and ketones is a ubiquitous event in oxidative stress. The toxicity of these carbonyls, especially the α,β-unsaturated carbonyls (reactive carbonyls; RCS), in environmental-stressed plants has been demonstrated by several independent research groups, on the basis of the results that overexpression of different carbonyl-detoxifying enzymes commonly improved tolerance of the transgenic plants against environmental stresses. A positive correlation between the level of carbonyls and the stress-induced damage in these plants proves the cause-effect relationship between carbonyls and the cell injury. Comprehensive analysis of carbonyls has revealed that dozens of distinct RCS including highly toxic acrolein and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal are contained at nmol/g fresh weight levels in the tissues of non-stressed plants. Stress treatments of plants increase the levels of these RCS, likely reaching a sub-mM order, but in the transgenic plants overproducing RCS-detoxifying enzymes, their increase is significantly suppressed. Immunological analyses have demonstrated that in non-stressed cells several proteins are modified by RCS and the extent of modification is increased on stresses. In heat-stressed leaves, the inactivation of the oxygen-evolving complex was associated with selective modification of OEC33 protein and photosystem II core proteins. RCS consume glutathione and inactivate various enzymes in chloroplasts and mitochondria, thereby accelerating oxidative stress status. Thus RCS, formed downstream of reactive oxygen species (ROS), act in a way biochemically distinct from that of ROS and play critical roles in the plant responses to oxidative stress.
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- Jun'ichi Mano
- Science Research Center, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
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Iannone MF, Rosales EP, Groppa MD, Benavides MP. Reactive oxygen species formation and cell death in catalase-deficient tobacco leaf discs exposed to paraquat. Biol Trace Elem Res 2012; 146:246-55. [PMID: 22101472 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9244-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In the present work, the response of tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum L.) wild-type SR1 and transgenic CAT1AS plants (with a basal reduced CAT activity) was evaluated after exposure to the herbicide paraquat (PQ). Superoxide anion (O (2) (.-) ) formation was inhibited at 3 or 21 h of exposure, but H(2)O(2) production and ion leakage increased significantly, both in SR1 or CAT1AS leaf discs. NADPH oxidase activity was constitutively 57% lower in non-treated transgenic leaves than in SR1 leaves and was greatly reduced both at 3 or 21 h of PQ treatment. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was significantly reduced by PQ after 21 h, showing a decrease from 70% to 55%, whereas catalase (CAT) activity decreased an average of 50% after 3 h of treatment, and of 90% after 21 h, in SR1 and CAT1AS, respectively. Concomitantly, total CAT protein content was shown to be reduced in non-treated CAT1AS plants compared to control SR1 leaf discs at both exposure times. PQ decreased CAT expression in SR1 or CAT1AS plants at 3 and 21 h of treatment. The mechanisms underlying PQ-induced cell death were possibly not related exclusively to ROS formation and oxidative stress in tobacco wild-type or transgenic plants.
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- María Florencia Iannone
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Miyake C. Alternative electron flows (water-water cycle and cyclic electron flow around PSI) in photosynthesis: molecular mechanisms and physiological functions. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:1951-63. [PMID: 21068108 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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An electron flow in addition to the major electron sinks in C(3) plants [both photosynthetic carbon reduction (PCR) and photorespiratory carbon oxidation (PCO) cycles] is termed an alternative electron flow (AEF) and functions in the chloroplasts of leaves. The water-water cycle (WWC; Mehler-ascorbate peroxidase pathway) and cyclic electron flow around PSI (CEF-PSI) have been studied as the main AEFs in chloroplasts and are proposed to play a physiologically important role in both the regulation of photosynthesis and the alleviation of photoinhibition. In the present review, I discuss the molecular mechanisms of both AEFs and their functions in vivo. To determine their physiological function, accurate measurement of the electron flux of AEFs in vivo are required. Methods to assay electron flux in CEF-PSI have been developed recently and their problematic points are discussed. The common physiological function of both the WWC and CEF-PSI is the supply of ATP to drive net CO(2) assimilation. The requirement for ATP depends on the activities of both PCR and PCO cycles, and changes in both WWC and CEF-PSI were compared with the data obtained in intact leaves. Furthermore, the fact that CEF-PSI cannot function independently has been demonstrated. I propose a model for the regulation of CEF-PSI by WWC, in which WWC is indispensable as an electron sink for the expression of CEF-PSI activity.
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- Chikahiro Miyake
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan.
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Mubarakshina MM, Ivanov BN, Naydov IA, Hillier W, Badger MR, Krieger-Liszkay A. Production and diffusion of chloroplastic H2O2 and its implication to signalling. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2010; 61:3577-87. [PMID: 20595239 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is recognized as an important signalling molecule. There are two important aspects to this function: H(2)O(2) production and its diffusion to its sites of action. The production of H(2)O(2) by photosynthetic electron transport and its ability to diffuse through the chloroplast envelope membranes has been investigated using spin trapping electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and H(2)O(2)-sensitive fluorescence dyes. It was found that, even at low light intensity, a portion of H(2)O(2) produced inside the chloroplasts can leave the chloroplasts thus escaping the effective antioxidant systems located inside the chloroplast. The production of H(2)O(2) by chloroplasts and the appearance of H(2)O(2) outside chloroplasts increased with increasing light intensity and time of illumination. The amount of H(2)O(2) that can be detected outside the chloroplasts has been shown to be up to 5% of the total H(2)O(2) produced inside the chloroplasts at high light intensities. The fact that H(2)O(2) produced by chloroplasts can be detected outside these organelles is an important finding in terms of understanding how chloroplastic H(2)O(2) can serve as a signal molecule.
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- Maria M Mubarakshina
- CEA Saclay, iBiTec-S, CNRS URA 2096, Service de Bioénergétique Biologie Structurales et Mécanismes, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Hirooka S, Misumi O, Yoshida M, Mori T, Nishida K, Yagisawa F, Yoshida Y, Fujiwara T, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T. Expression of the Cyanidioschyzon merolae stromal ascorbate peroxidase in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances thermotolerance. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2009; 28:1881-93. [PMID: 19859717 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-009-0791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Revised: 09/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The ability of the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae to adapt to high temperatures was utilized to produce thermotolerant transgenic plants. C. merolae inhabits an extreme environment (42 degrees C, pH 2.5) and the nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid genomes have been sequenced. We analyzed expressed sequence tag (EST) data to reveal mechanisms of tolerance to high temperatures. The stromal ascorbate peroxidase (CmstAPX) that scavenges reactive oxygen species (ROS) was expressed at high levels (4th of 4,479 entries), thus, it offers clues to understanding high-temperature tolerance. CmstAPX has a chloroplast transit peptide (cTP) and a peroxidase domain. The peroxidase domain of CmstAPX has deletions and insertions when compared with that of Arabidopsis thaliana stromal APX (AtstAPX). To clarify aspects of tolerance to oxidative and high-temperature stress, we produced transgenic A. thaliana plants overexpressing CmstAPX and AtstAPX. CmstAPX plants showed higher activities of soluble APX than those of wild-type and AtstAPX plants. Fluorescence signals of a GFP fusion protein, immuno-fluorescence, and immunogold electron microscopy showed that CmstAPX was localized in the stroma of chloroplasts. Compared with wild-type plants and AtstAPX plants, CmstAPX plants were more tolerant to oxidative stress induced by methylviologen (MV, 0.4 muM) and high-temperature stress (33 degrees C). CmstAPX plants retained the highest chlorophyll content when treated with MV and high temperature, and their stroma and chloroplasts remained intact in their chloroplasts, whereas they disintegrated in wild-type plants. Our results suggest that the increased activity of APX in the chloroplasts of CmstAPX plants increased thermotolerance by increasing ROS-scavenging capacity at high temperatures.
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- Shunsuke Hirooka
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo (St. Paul's) University, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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Valero E, González-Sánchez MI, Maciá H, García-Carmona F. Computer simulation of the dynamic behavior of the glutathione-ascorbate redox cycle in chloroplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:1958-69. [PMID: 19244456 PMCID: PMC2663743 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.133223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The glutathione-ascorbate redox pathway in chloroplasts is a complex network of spontaneous, photochemical, and enzymatic reactions for detoxifying hydrogen peroxide. This article presents a comprehensive sensitivity analysis of the system. A model has been constructed to simulate oxidative stress conditions, enabling steady-state concentrations of the metabolites involved in the pathway and photochemical and enzymatic fluxes to be calculated. The model includes an electron source whose flux is distributed among three competitive routes (photogeneration of O2-, photoreduction of NADP+ to NADPH, and photoreduction of monodehydroascorbate to ascorbate) and that allows the simulation of variations in NADPH concentration with time. Each enzyme considered is introduced in the model, taking into account its particular catalytic mechanism, including the inactivation of ascorbate peroxidase in the presence of low-ascorbate concentrations. Computer simulations pointed to the great sensitivity of the system to the ratio among fluxes corresponding to ascorbate and NADPH photoproduction and NADPH consumption by the Calvin cycle. Under oxidative stress conditions, the model shows a sequential depletion of antioxidant power in chloroplasts in the order NADPH, glutathione, ascorbate and their recovery in the reverse order. Decreasing levels of glutathione reductase, ascorbate peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase led to the irreversible photoinactivation of ascorbate peroxidase and the subsequent increase in hydrogen peroxide concentration, preceded by a maximum in dehydroascorbate reductase activity.
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- Edelmira Valero
- Departamento de Química-Física, Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario, E-02071 Albacete, Spain.
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Miyake C, Amako K, Shiraishi N, Sugimoto T. Acclimation of tobacco leaves to high light intensity drives the plastoquinone oxidation system--relationship among the fraction of open PSII centers, non-photochemical quenching of Chl fluorescence and the maximum quantum yield of PSII in the dark. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 50:730-43. [PMID: 19251745 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Responses of the reduction-oxidation level of plastoquinone (PQ) in the photosynthetic electron transport (PET) system of chloroplasts to growth light intensity were evaluated in tobacco plants. Plants grown in low light (150 micromol photons m-2 s-1) (LL plants) were exposed to a high light intensity (1,100 micromol photons m-2 s-1) for 1 d. Subsequently, the plants exposed to high light (LH plants) were returned back again to the low light condition: these plants were designated as LHL plants. Both LH and LHL plants showed higher values of non-photochemical quenching of Chl fluorescence (NPQ) and the fraction of open PSII centers (qL), and lower values of the maximum quantum yield of PSII in the dark (Fv/Fm), compared with LL plants. The dependence of qL on the quantum yield of PSII [Phi(PSII)] in LH and LHL plants was higher than that in LL plants. To evaluate the effect of an increase in NPQ and decrease in Fv/Fm on qL, we derived an equation expressing qL in relation to both NPQ and Fv/Fm, according to the lake model of photoexcitation of the PSII reaction center. As a result, the heat dissipation process, shown as NPQ, did not contribute greatly to the increase in qL. On the other hand, decreased Fv/Fm did contribute to the increase in qL, i.e. the enhanced oxidation of PQ under photosynthesis-limited conditions. Thylakoid membranes isolated from LH plants, having high qL, showed a higher tolerance against photoinhibition of PSII, compared with those from LL plants. We propose a 'plastoquinone oxidation system (POS)', which keeps PQ in an oxidized state by suppressing the accumulation of electrons in the PET system in such a way as to regulate the maximum quantum yield of PSII.
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- Chikahiro Miyake
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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A T-DNA insertion mutant of AtHMA1 gene encoding a Cu transporting ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana has a defect in the water–water cycle of photosynthesis. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2009; 94:205-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shao N, Beck CF, Lemaire SD, Krieger-Liszkay A. Photosynthetic electron flow affects H2O2 signaling by inactivation of catalase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANTA 2008; 228:1055-66. [PMID: 18781324 PMCID: PMC2757591 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0807-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A specific signaling role for H(2)O(2) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was demonstrated by the definition of a promoter that specifically responded to this ROS. Expression of a nuclear-encoded reporter gene driven by this promoter was shown to depend not only on the level of exogenously added H(2)O(2) but also on light. In the dark, the induction of the reporter gene by H(2)O(2) was much lower than in the light. This lower induction was correlated with an accelerated disappearance of H(2)O(2) from the culture medium in the dark. Due to a light-induced reduction in catalase activity, H(2)O(2) levels in the light remained higher. Photosynthetic electron transport mediated the light-controlled down-regulation of the catalase activity since it was prevented by 3-(3'4'-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), an inhibitor of photosystem II. In the presence of light and DCMU, expression of the reporter gene was low while the addition of aminotriazole, a catalase inhibitor, led to a higher induction of the reporter gene by H(2)O(2) in the dark. The role of photosynthetic electron transport and thioredoxin in this regulation was investigated by using mutants deficient in photosynthetic electron flow and by studying the correlation between NADP-malate dehydrogenase and catalase activities. It is proposed that, contrary to expectations, a controlled down-regulation of catalase activity occurs upon a shift of cells from dark to light. This down-regulation apparently is necessary to maintain a certain level of H(2)O(2) required to activate H(2)O(2)-dependent signaling pathways.
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- Ning Shao
- Fakultät für Biologie, Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam/Golm, Germany
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- Fakultät für Biologie, Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, CNRS URA 2096, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanisme, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Hasunuma T, Miyazawa SI, Yoshimura S, Shinzaki Y, Tomizawa KI, Shindo K, Choi SK, Misawa N, Miyake C. Biosynthesis of astaxanthin in tobacco leaves by transplastomic engineering. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 55:857-68. [PMID: 18494855 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03559.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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SUMMARY The natural pigment astaxanthin has attracted much attention because of its beneficial effects on human health, despite its expensive market price. In order to produce astaxanthin, transgenic plants have so far been generated through conventional genetic engineering of Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer. The results of trials have revealed that the method is far from practicable because of low yields, i.e. instead of astaxanthin, large quantities of the astaxanthin intermediates, including ketocarotenoids, accumulated in the transgenic plants. In the present study, we have overcome this problem, and have succeeded in producing more than 0.5% (dry weight) astaxanthin (more than 70% of total caroteniods) in tobacco leaves, which turns their green color to reddish brown, by expressing both genes encoding CrtW (beta-carotene ketolase) and CrtZ (beta-carotene hydroxylase) from a marine bacterium Brevundimonas sp., strain SD212, in the chloroplasts. Moreover, the total carotenoid content in the transplastomic tobacco plants was 2.1-fold higher than that of wild-type tobacco. The tobacco transformants also synthesized a novel carotenoid 4-ketoantheraxanthin. There was no significant difference in the size of the aerial part of the plant between the transformants and wild-type plants at the final stage of their growth. The photosynthesis rate of the transformants was also found to be similar to that of wild-type plants under ambient CO2 concentrations of 1500 micromol photons m(-2) s(-1) light intensity.
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- Tomohisa Hasunuma
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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Diverse roles for chloroplast stromal and thylakoid-bound ascorbate peroxidases in plant stress responses. Biochem J 2008; 412:275-85. [PMID: 18318659 DOI: 10.1042/bj20080030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Photosynthetic light reactions comprise a significant source of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) in illuminated leaves. APXs (ascorbate peroxidases) reduce H(2)O(2) to water and play an important role in the antioxidant system of plants. In the present study we addressed the significance of chloroplast APXs in stress tolerance and signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana. To this end, T-DNA (transfer DNA) insertion mutants tapx, sapx and tapx sapx, lacking the tAPX (thylakoid-bound APX), sAPX (stromal APX) or both respectively, were characterized. Photo-oxidative stress during germination led to bleaching of chloroplasts in sapx single-mutant and particularly in the tapx sapx double-mutant plants, whereas the greening process of wild-type and tapx plants was only partially impaired. Mature leaves of tapx sapx double mutants were also susceptible to short-term photo-oxidative stress induced by high light or methyl viologen treatments. After a 2-week acclimation period under high light or under low temperature, none of the mutants exhibited enhanced stress symptoms. Immunoblot analysis revealed that high-light-stress-acclimated tapx sapx double mutants compensated for the absence of tAPX and sAPX by increasing the level of 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin. Furthermore, the absence of tAPX and sAPX induced alterations in the transcriptomic profile of tapx sapx double-mutant plants already under quite optimal growth conditions. We conclude that sAPX is particularly important for photoprotection during the early greening process. In mature leaves, tAPX and sAPX are functionally redundant, and crucial upon sudden onset of oxidative stress. Moreover, chloroplast APXs contribute to chloroplast retrograde signalling pathways upon slight fluctuations in the accumulation of H(2)O(2) in chloroplasts.
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Liu KL, Shen L, Wang JQ, Sheng JP. Rapid inactivation of chloroplastic ascorbate peroxidase is responsible for oxidative modification to Rubisco in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) under cadmium stress. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 50:415-426. [PMID: 18713375 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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To investigate the sensitive site of antioxidant systems in chloroplast under cadmium stress and its consequence on reactive oxygen species production and action, the sub-organellar localization of chloroplast superoxide dismutases (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) and ascorbic peroxidase (APX, EC 1.11.1.11) isoenzymes and changes of enzymes activities under cadmium stress were investigated in tomato seedlings. Two APX isoforms, one thylakoid-bound and one stromal, were detected. Cd at 50 microM induced a moderate increase of SOD activities but a rapid inactivation of both APX isoenzymes. APX inactivation was mainly related to the decrease of ascorbate concentration, as supported by in vitro treatment of exogenous ascorbate and APX kinetic properties under Cd stress. H2O2 accumulation in chloroplast, as a consequence of APX inactivation, was associated with a 60% loss of Rubisco (EC 4.1.1.39) activity, which could be partially accounted for by a 10% loss of Rubisco content. Protein oxidation assay found that the Rubisco large subunit was the most prominent carbonylated protein; the level of carbonylated Rubisco large subunit increased fivefold after Cd exposure. Thiol groups in the Rubisco large subunit were oxidized, as indicated by non-reducing electrophoresis. Treating crude extract with H2O2 resulted in a similar pattern of protein oxidation and thiols oxidation with that observed in Cd-treated plants. Our study indicates that APXs in the chloroplast is a highly sensitive site of antioxidant systems under Cd stress, and the inactivation of APX could be mainly responsible for oxidative modification to Rubisco and subsequent decrease in its activity.
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- Kai-Lang Liu
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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Adachi T, Takase H, Tomizawa KI. Introduction of a 50 kbp DNA fragment into the plastid genome. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2007; 71:2266-73. [PMID: 17827692 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Plastid transformation technology has been used for the analysis and improvement of plastid metabolism. To create a transplastomic plant with a complicated and massive metabolic pathway, it is necessary to introduce a large amount of DNA into the plastid. However, to our knowledge, the largest DNA fragment introduced into a plastid genome was only 7 kbp long and consisted of just three genes. Here we report the introduction of foreign DNA of 23-50 kbp into the tobacco plastid genome with a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based plastid transformation vector. It was confirmed that the introduced DNA was passed on to the next generation. This is the first description of plastid transformation with a large amount of foreign DNA.
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- Takashi Adachi
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa-shi, Jyoto 619-0292, Japan.
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Heiber I, Ströher E, Raatz B, Busse I, Kahmann U, Bevan MW, Dietz KJ, Baier M. The redox imbalanced mutants of Arabidopsis differentiate signaling pathways for redox regulation of chloroplast antioxidant enzymes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 143:1774-88. [PMID: 17337533 PMCID: PMC1851819 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.093328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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A network of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants protects chloroplasts from photooxidative damage. With all enzymatic components being nuclear encoded, the control of the antioxidant capacity depends on chloroplast-to-nucleus redox signaling. Using an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) reporter gene line expressing luciferase under control of the redox-sensitive 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin A (2CPA) promoter, six mutants with low 2CPA promoter activity were isolated, of which five mutants show limitations in redox-box regulation of the 2CPA promoter. In addition to 2CPA, the transcript levels for other chloroplast antioxidant enzymes were decreased, although a higher oxidation status of the ascorbate pool, a higher reduction state of the plastoquinone pool, and an increased oxidation status of the 2-Cys peroxiredoxin pool demonstrated photooxidative stress conditions. Greening of the mutants, chloroplast ultrastructure, steady-state photosynthesis, and the responses to the stress hormone abscisic acid were wild type like. In the rosette state, the mutants were more sensitive to low CO2 and to hydrogen peroxide. Comparison of gene expression patterns and stress sensitivity characterizes the mutants as redox imbalanced in the regulation of nuclear-encoded chloroplast antioxidant enzymes and differentiates redox signaling cascades.
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- Isabelle Heiber
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants , Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Yamamoto H, Kato H, Shinzaki Y, Horiguchi S, Shikanai T, Hase T, Endo T, Nishioka M, Makino A, Tomizawa KI, Miyake C. Ferredoxin limits cyclic electron flow around PSI (CEF-PSI) in higher plants--stimulation of CEF-PSI enhances non-photochemical quenching of Chl fluorescence in transplastomic tobacco. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 47:1355-71. [PMID: 16956929 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We tested the hypothesis that ferredoxin (Fd) limits the activity of cyclic electron flow around PSI (CEF-PSI) in vivo and that the relief of this limitation promotes the non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of Chl fluorescence. In transplastomic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Xanthi) expressing Fd from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) in its chloroplasts, the minimum yield (F(o)) of Chl fluorescence was higher than in the wild type. F(o) was suppressed to the wild-type level upon illumination with far-red light, implying that the transfer of electrons by Fd-quinone oxidoreductase (FQR) from the chloroplast stroma to plastoquinone was enhanced in transplastomic plants. The activity of CEF-PSI became higher in transplastomic than in wild-type plants under conditions limiting photosynthetic linear electron flow. Similarly, the NPQ of Chl fluorescence was enhanced in transplastomic plants. On the other hand, pool sizes of the pigments of the xanthophyll cycle and the amounts of PsbS protein were the same in all plants. All these results supported the hypothesis strongly. We conclude that breeding plants with an NPQ of Chl fluorescence increased by an enhancement of CEF-PSI activity might lead to improved tolerance for abiotic stresses, particularly under conditions of low light use efficiency.
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- Hiroshi Yamamoto
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, 619-0292 Japan
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Asada K. Production and scavenging of reactive oxygen species in chloroplasts and their functions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 141:391-6. [PMID: 16760493 PMCID: PMC1475469 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.082040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1284] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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- Kozi Asada
- Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama 729-0292, Japan.
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